using mailto to send email with an attachment

Question

How can i send an email with an attachment (either local file or a file in the intranet) using outlook 2010?

<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=my report&body=see attachment&attachment=c:\myfolder\myfile.txt"> 

doesn't seem to work.

Answer 1

Nope, this is not possible at all. There is no provision for it in the mailto: protocol, and it would be a gaping security hole if it were possible.

The best idea to send a file, but have the client send the E-Mail that I can think of is:

• Have the user choose a file
• Upload the file to a server
• Have the server return a random file name after upload
• Build a mailto: link that contains the URL to the uploaded file in the message body

Answer 2

this is not possible in "mailto" function.

please go with server side coding(C#).make sure open vs in administrative permission.

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application oApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application(); Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MailItem oMsg = (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MailItem)oApp.CreateItem(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);  oMsg.Subject = "emailSubject"; oMsg.BodyFormat = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML; oMsg.BCC = "emailBcc"; oMsg.To = "emailRecipient";  string body = "emailMessage";  oMsg.HTMLBody = "body";               oMsg.Attachments.Add(Convert.ToString(@"/my_location_virtual_path/myfile.txt"), Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlAttachmentType.olByValue, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);  oMsg.Display(false); //In order to displ